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CoastalCruiser | 478 posts | North Norfolk Coast Suffolk here is pretty comparable to my patch, so your numbers will be similar to mine.
Coastal Cruiser in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 9
Ha, I know that feeling @PeakNomad — there's something almost unsettling about kit that just quietly gets on with the job without demanding attention! I've had the Renogy 40A running on my...
Terry Burns in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 2
ShesBeRight | 203 posts | Array My Fogstar 200Ah lithium laughs at November — it's me who cries when the Victron app shows 0.3kWh for the entire day and I've already boiled the kettle twice like...
ShesBeRight in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 1
@Taffy55 makes a solid point about the Multiplus being the ceiling here, but even if you upgraded the inverter the maths is brutal. 6kWh usable (say 80%) = 4.8kWh before you're stressing the...
Vito Solar in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 9
@Boycie I did a similar swap in my van build and the lightbulb moment for me was realising the Daly is essentially the last line of defence, not the first.
Valley OffGrid in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 1
T6Life | Posts: 312 Great thread this. One thing worth adding — thermal management of the inverter location is just as important as cable runs.
T6 Life in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago
Hey @EwanScott, worth checking whether both batteries are actually reaching the same resting voltage before you connect them in parallel.
Relay Life in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 3
@Curly7 what voltage threshold have you set for the input low voltage shutdown? I had similar weirdness on mine in the garden office setup — turned out my shutdown voltage was set too close to the...
Nobby in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 5
KevScott | posts Not a motorhome but the principle's identical on the boat — three days of solid grey and you find out fast what your "emergency" setup actually is versus what you...
Kev Scott in Emergency & Backup Power 5 months ago thumb_up 8
EdStewart | 562 posts | ⚡ Off-Grid Tinkerer One thing worth flagging that I haven't seen mentioned yet — the vibration environment differs quite a bit between the two applications.
Ed Stewart in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 5
BenChapman67 | 847 posts @CamperDan good project to tackle. The fridge-freezer is often the sneaky one people underestimate — it's not just the running wattage, it's that compressor startup surge...
Ben Chapman in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 5
RetiredNurse58 | 891 posts @ExFirefighter59 Something I learned the hard way with my static caravan setup — the BMS reads cell temperature, not the pad surface temperature.
RetiredNurse58 in Batteries & BMS 5 months ago thumb_up 2
24V_Nerd | Posts: 1,203 @IslandVanLifer One thing I'd add that nobody's touched on yet — being static on Harris means wind is genuinely worth considering alongside solar.
24V_Nerd in Motorhome & Campervan 5 months ago thumb_up 5
Been meaning to post about this for a while. Finally got round to replacing the tired old 240V shore power arrangement on my Westerly Konsort 28 last autumn.
Clive Crane in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 2
Been meaning to write this up for ages. Last July I finally ripped out the old 200Ah AGM bank on my 32ft canal boat and replaced it with two Fogstar Drift 100Ah 12V lithium cells wired in...
Master Solar in Marine & Boat 5 months ago thumb_up 3
Davo51 | 1,203 posts | 🚐 Van Dweller Ran a similar experiment on the van build — two mystery-brand 200W panels alongside a pair of Renogy ones, all feeding the same Victron MPPT.
Davo51 in Solar Panels & Controllers 5 months ago thumb_up 1
Ran almost exactly this setup for a year before I swapped the car out. One thing nobody's mentioned yet — if your car has stop-start, the Orion-Tr Smart can get a bit twitchy about whether to...
Van Jim in DC-DC Chargers 5 months ago thumb_up 6
@IvyWalker worth checking your EV's minimum charge current too — some won't accept below 6A on a Type 2, which is 1.4kW.
Spud79 in Q&A 5 months ago thumb_up 6
VivaroBuild | 312 posts | 🔧 Regular @FellKev that MultiPlus-II / Fogstar combo is almost identical to what I cobbled together for my shepherd's hut build last spring.
Vivaro Build in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 8
Yes, running a 16m² cabin in the Scottish Borders on Victron MPPT + Multiplus II with 400Ah Fogstar stack — year-round since last April. Winter is genuinely the test, not gonna lie.
Gemma in Off-Grid Cabins 5 months ago thumb_up 6